List of countries by number of households

This is a list of countries by the number of household. The list includes households occupying housing units and excludes persons living inside collective living quarters, such as hotels, rooming houses and other lodging houses, institutions and camps.[1]

Country	Continent	Current Population	Number In Household	Households	% 1 Member	% 2-3 Members	% 4-5 Members	% 6+ Members	Year
China	Asia	1,409,778,724	2.70	522,689,264	14.53	51.23	27.6	6.64	2020[2]
India	Asia	1,369,756,319	4.57	299,727,860	4.11	27.31	41.64	26.94	2015[2]
United States	North America	330,662,999	2.49	132,736,055	27.89	49.49	18.81	3.81	2015[2]
Indonesia	Asia	269,603,400	3.86	69,855,344	7.10	36.62	41.5	14.78	2017[2]
Brazil	South America	212,347,290	3.31	64,124,398	12.00	47.27	31.91	8.82	2010[2]
Russia	Europe	146,748,590	2.58	56,771,478	25.97	50.83	19.55	3.65	2010[2]
Japan	Asia	125,800,000	2.26	55,704,949	37.97	44.67	15.72	1.64	2020[2]
Nigeria	Africa	206,139,587	4.9	42,057,041	11.51	25.53	27.86	35.10	2015[2]
Germany	Europe	83,122,889	2.05	40,624,971	39.53	47.00	12.71	0.76	2011[2]
Bangladesh	Asia	169,660,274	4.47	37,957,746	1.74	29.71	45.59	22.96	2014[2]
Mexico	North America	127,792,286	3.74	34,167,462	10.08	37.68	37.75	14.49	2015[2]
Pakistan	Asia	220,892,331	6.8	32,462,785	1.08	12.88	25.16	60.88	2013[2]
France	Europe	67,146,000	2.22	30,217,950	35.46	46.84	16.08	1.62	2015[2]
United Kingdom	Europe	66,796,807	2.27	29,486,179	33.01	48.96	16.24	1.79	2011[2]
Philippines	Asia	109,441,605	4.23	25,893,157	9.18	30.05	36.82	23.95	2017[2]
Vietnam	Asia	96,483,981	3.78	25,503,951	7.28	36.25	43.44	13.02	2009[2]
Italy	Europe	60,026,546	2.4	25,020,120	31.10	46.56	21.29	1.05	2011[2]
Egypt	Africa	101,189,802	4.13	24,496,076	6.48	30.40	43.12	20.00	2014[2]
Iran	Middle East	83,955,821	3.49	24,056,109	8.48	49.13	37.86	4.53	2016[2]
Ethiopia	Africa	100,829,000	4.61	21,850,103	7.52	27.01	32.00	33.47	2016[2]
Korea, South	Asia	51,841,786	2.53	20,495,634	27.23	47.59	23.70	1.48	2015[2]
Turkey	Asia	83,154,997	4.07	20,424,610	6.37	36.23	39.03	18.36	2004[2]
DR Congo	Africa	101,935,800	5.3	19,225,670	7.25	21.19	27.81	43.74	2013[2]
Thailand	Asia	66,577,342	3.69	18,042,640	18.36	44.71	28.16	8.77	2010[2]
South Africa	Africa	59,622,350	3.36	17,733,119	23.84	36.32	24.66	15.17	2016[2]
Spain	Europe	47,329,981	2.69	17,565,288	19.06	53.4	25.56	1.98	2011[2]
Ukraine	Europe	41,723,998	2.46	16,972,715	27.9	51.22	18.07	2.81	2007[2]
Canada	North America	38,246,955	2.45	15,618,491	28.20	49.59	19.20	3.02	2016[2]
Colombia	South America	50,372,424	3.53	14,282,545	11.13	42.41	34.80	11.66	2015[2]
Argentina	South America	45,376,763	3.26	13,925,275	17.6	42.33	28.95	11.12	2010[2]
Poland	Europe	38,352,000	2.81	13,666,831	20.67	49.49	24.80	5.04	2011[2]
Kenya	Africa	47,564,296	3.64	13,071,338	21.60	31.06	27.84	19.49	2015[2]
Myanmar	Asia	54,817,919	4.22	12,978,359	5.35	33.49	39.14	22.01	2016[2]
Tanzania	Africa	57,637,628	4.85	11,880,255	9.63	25.77	29.99	34.6	2015[2]
Australia	Australasia	25,598,869	2.5	10,220,186	24.34	49.95	22.44	3.27	2011[2]
Uganda	Africa	41,583,600	4.53	9,170,821	13.68	25.30	28.75	32.26	2016[2]
Ghana	Africa	30,955,202	3.49	8,862,356	25.88	30.34	25.30	18.48	2014[2]
Peru	South America	32,625,948	3.75	8,695,193	12.91	34.68	36.02	16.39	2012[2]
Netherlands	Europe	17,531,181	2.23	7,874,258	35.11	45.53	18.01	1.35	2011[2]
Sudan	Africa	42,996,555	5.59	7,691,174	5.06	20.66	26.80	47.48	2008[2]
Malaysia	Asia	32,708,730	4.56	7,176,812	7.14	25.64	37.86	29.36	2000[2]
Nepal	Asia	29,996,478	4.24	7,075,702	6.45	33.96	36.57	23.02	2016[2]
Morocco	Africa	36,077,527	5.24	6,890,065	5.88	21.48	31.96	40.68	2004[2]
Mozambique	Africa	30,066,648	4.37	6,885,971	9.85	30.96	30.10	29.09	2011[2]
Romania	Europe	19,317,984	2.88	6,709,224	20.91	46.98	26.47	5.63	2011[2]
Uzbekistan	Asia	34,529,473	5.24	6,586,983	5.26	18.90	33.62	42.22	1996[2]
Venezuela	South America	28,435,943	4.33	6,565,128	7.56	29.11	36.87	26.46	2001[2]
Korea, North	Asia	25,550,000	3.93	6,502,416	1.68	32.72	55.42	10.17	2008[2]
Angola	Africa	31,127,674	4.82	6,463,847	10.81	23.90	28.46	36.83	2016[2]
Chile	South America	19,458,310	3.58	5,440,715	11.43	39.22	37.11	12.24	2002[2]
Kazakhstan	Asia	18,815,536	3.5	5,381,052	14.57	38.32	30.97	16.14	2009[2]
Madagascar	Africa	26,251,309	4.95	5,304,084	5.34	25.30	33.14	36.22	2011[2]
Iraq	Middle East	40,150,200	7.7	5,212,262	1.23	10.21	20.83	67.74	1997[2]
Ivory Coast	Africa	26,453,542	5.09	5,197,095	12.18	24.73	25.87	37.22	2012[2]
Belgium	Europe	11,539,878	2.36	4,883,743	30.87	48.31	18.70	2.12	2011[2]
Cameroon	Africa	24,348,251	4.99	4,877,120	15.14	22.69	24.44	37.72	2011[2]
Ecuador	South America	17,611,528	3.78	4,659,382	12.12	35.91	35.49	16.48	2010[2]
Yemen	Asia	29,825,968	6.67	4,469,863	1.87	14.68	23.66	59.79	2013[2]
Czech Republic	Europe	10,699,142	2.4	4,465,680	27.28	51.34	20.37	1.02	2011[2]
Greece	Europe	10,724,599	2.44	4,394,506	27.48	49.84	21.26	1.42	2011[2]
Afghanistan	Asia	32,890,171	8.04	4,092,477	0.19	6.45	16.84	76.52	2015[2]
Malawi	Africa	18,449,828	4.51	4,091,853	6.45	28.1	35.56	29.9	2015[2]
Austria	Europe	8,935,112	2.27	3,933,516	36.34	44.52	17.06	2.08	2011[2]
Niger	Africa	23,196,002	5.92	3,920,330	3.19	19.86	28.99	47.96	2012[2]
Switzerland	Europe	8,632,703	2.21	3,901,112	37.51	43.64	17.23	1.62	2000[2]
Portugal	Europe	10,295,909	2.66	3,876,822	18.91	56.47	22.68	1.93	2011[2]
Zimbabwe	Africa	15,473,818	4.08	3,795,226	12.37	31.14	33.76	22.72	2015[2]
Belarus	Europe	9,408,400	2.48	3,789,941	27.00	51.73	19.09	2.19	2009[2]
Hungary	Europe	9,769,526	2.6	3,753,000	23.63	50.92	22.72	2.74	2011[2]
Burkina Faso	Africa	21,510,181	5.92	3,630,745	6.64	19.51	27.4	46.46	2014[2]
Cuba	Caribbean	11,193,470	3.14	3,568,550	13.73	49.55	30.23	6.50	2002[2]
Guatemala	Central America	16,858,333	4.81	3,507,977	4.33	26.57	37.51	31.6	2015[2]
Zambia	Africa	17,885,422	5.13	3,485,901	7.17	21.41	30.06	41.35	2013[2]
Mali	Africa	20,250,833	5.81	3,484,826	3.11	20.29	30.32	46.28	2018[2]
Cambodia	Asia	15,288,489	4.61	3,315,050	3.37	25.65	43.08	27.9	2014[2]
Bolivia	South America	11,633,371	3.53	3,295,144	20.34	34.82	27.64	17.2	2012[2]
Dominican Republic	Caribbean	10,448,499	3.48	3,004,226	14.33	39.85	33.08	12.73	2013[2]
Bulgaria	Europe	6,951,482	2.34	2,973,737	30.53	50.97	16.62	1.89	2011[2]
Rwanda	Africa	12,663,116	4.26	2,973,056	8.15	30.76	34.88	26.2	2015[2]
Israel	Middle East	9,280,200	3.14	2,953,648	21.01	39.99	28.29	10.70	2008[2]
Chad	Africa	16,244,513	5.78	2,811,841	7.73	18.49	25.67	48.11	2015[2]
Haiti	Caribbean	11,743,017	4.29	2,735,164	9.43	31.10	32.93	26.54	2017[2]
Finland	Europe	5,503,335	2.07	2,652,262	41.01	44.46	12.97	1.57	2010[2]
China, Hong Kong SAR	Asia	7,500,700	2.83	2,646,107	18.29	50.89	27.55	3.27	2016[2]
Burundi	Africa	12,309,600	4.83	2,548,469	6.04	25.17	31.72	37.07	2016[2]
Norway	Europe	5,374,807	2.22	2,426,071	39.58	40.73	18.13	1.56	2011[2]
Serbia	Europe	6,926,705	2.88	2,405,804	22.33	44.81	26.19	6.67	2011[2]
Benin	Africa	12,114,193	5.19	2,335,719	9.78	23.56	29.1	37.56	2018[2]
Jordan	Middle East	10,815,192	4.72	2,291,955	4.36	25.76	34.91	34.97	2017[2]
South Sudan	Africa	13,249,924	5.95	2,227,637	4.33	15.68	26.87	53.12	2008[2]
Azerbaijan	Asia	10,085,900	4.55	2,217,398	6.77	20.86	44.69	27.68	2009[2]
Honduras	Central America	9,304,380	4.47	2,082,686	6.69	29.43	36.81	27.07	2012[2]
Guinea	Africa	12,559,623	6.25	2,009,276	4.53	16.91	27.52	51.04	2012[2]
Slovakia	Europe	5,460,136	2.8	1,948,989	20.83	47.99	26.99	4.20	2011[2]
Senegal	Africa	16,705,608	8.66	1,928,689	6.92	11.47	15.48	66.13	2017[2]
New Zealand	Australasia	5,095,668	2.67	1,906,474	22.84	50.52	22.09	4.55	2013[2]
Ireland	Europe	4,977,400	2.77	1,799,221	21.58	48.05	26.21	4.16	2011[2]
Singapore	Asia	5,685,807	3.29	1,727,455	12.21	38.95	37.69	11.15	2010[2]
Togo	Africa	7,706,000	4.55	1,693,139	15.65	26.22	27.69	30.45	2014[2]
El Salvador	South America	6,765,753	4.07	1,662,356	8.82	34.09	36.82	20.28	2007[2]
Papua New Guinea	Australasia	8,935,000	5.43	1,645,457	4.08	21.97	29.73	44.22	2000[2]
Paraguay	South America	7,252,672	4.63	1,565,626	8.09	27.32	33.15	31.44	2002[2]
Kyrgyzstan	Asia	6,596,500	4.21	1,565,200	8.21	30.82	36.13	24.85	2012[2]
Tajikistan	Asia	9,313,800	6.27	1,485,317	2.96	12.06	29.22	55.76	2012[2]
Costa Rica	Central America	5,111,238	3.46	1,476,628	11.23	42.7	35.83	10.25	2011[2]
Croatia	Europe	4,058,165	2.8	1,451,732	24.56	44.43	25.28	5.73	2011[2]
Sierra Leone	Africa	8,100,318	5.9	1,373,151	4.00	15.87	30.74	49.38	2013[2]
Nicaragua	Central America	6,527,691	4.92	1,326,800	4.59	26.37	35.96	33.08	2005[2]
Congo	Africa	5,518,092	4.31	1,281,072	13.09	29.9	29.08	27.94	2011[2]
Uruguay	South America	3,530,912	2.78	1,269,537	23.52	47.68	23.37	5.43	2011[2]
Laos	Asia	7,231,210	5.77	1,254,263	1.22	15.01	34.8	48.97	2005[2]
Lithuania	Europe	2,794,870	2.32	1,204,383	34.71	45.4	18.00	1.89	2011[2]
Puerto Rico	Caribbean	3,193,694	2.67	1,195,915	23.06	50.37	23.17	3.40	2010[2]
Panama	Central America	4,278,500	3.67	1,165,778	14.66	38.02	31.26	16.06	2010[2]
Central African Republic	Africa	5,633,412	4.91	1,148,086	13.50	28.08	23.94	34.48	1994[2]
Georgia	Asia	3,716,858	3.34	1,113,542	17.48	39.28	30.60	12.64	2014[2]
Liberia	Africa	4,568,298	4.95	923,685	9.67	24.81	28.74	36.78	2013[2]
Moldova	Europe	2,640,438	2.89	914,026	22.64	43.62	27.87	5.87	2014[2]
Jamaica	Caribbean	2,734,093	3.06	893,225	..	..	..	..	2011[2]
Albania	Europe	2,845,955	3.3	862,512	9.95	48.08	32.51	9.45	2017[2]
Slovenia	Europe	2,100,126	2.47	851,149	32.60	43.69	20.54	3.16	2015[2]
Armenia	Asia	2,967,900	3.54	837,896	15.19	36.17	32.30	16.34	2016[2]
Mongolia	Asia	3,348,124	4.32	774,771	6.61	28.72	40.34	24.33	2000[2]
Latvia	Europe	1,898,400	2.58	736,370	26.47	49.93	19.72	3.88	2011[2]
Botswana	Africa	2,374,698	3.52	673,860	27.89	32.32	20.48	19.31	2011[2]
Lesotho	Africa	2,007,201	3.34	600,072	20.66	37.91	27.90	13.52	2014[2]
Namibia	Africa	2,504,498	4.24	590,931	17.45	29.84	25.56	27.16	2013[2]
Estonia	Europe	1,328,976	2.3	578,440	33.90	47.28	17.14	1.67	2011[2]
Oman	Asia	4,445,262	8.02	554,430	10.62	19.07	18.37	51.94	2003[2]
Gabon	Africa	2,176,766	4.1	531,230	22.42	28.48	22.5	26.6	2012[2]
Trinidad and Tobago	Caribbean	1,366,725	3.29	415,308	19.21	39.79	29.36	11.64	2011[2]
Mauritius	Africa	1,266,000	3.48	364,285	9.97	41.02	40.24	8.77	2011[2]
Cyprus	Europe	875,900	2.75	318,823	18.72	52.55	25.82	2.92	2011[2]
Gambia	Africa	2,335,504	8.23	283,790	8.39	12.96	17.23	61.42	2013[2]
Luxembourg	Europe	626,108	2.41	259,519	32.30	44.15	21.45	2.10	2011[2]
East Timor	Asia	1,299,412	5.27	246,665	6.41	20.61	29.59	43.4	2016[2]
Swaziland	Africa	1,136,261	4.74	239,860	17.65	24.63	21.6	36.12	2007[2]
China, Macao SAR	Asia	696,100	3.07	227,031	15.13	48.16	31.06	5.64	2016[2]
Guyana	South America	744,962	3.8	196,290	12.87	36.69	32.09	18.35	2009[2]
Fiji	Australasia	889,327	4.57	194,497	5.94	30.10	34.31	29.64	2014[2]
Montenegro	Europe	621,873	3.21	193,488	18.13	39.58	33.35	8.94	2011[2]
Malta	Europe	514,564	2.85	180,375	17.15	49.78	30.40	2.66	2011[2]
Guadeloupe	Caribbean	395,700	2.3	172,304	34.52	47.03	16.42	2.03	2015[2]
Suriname	South America	590,100	3.94	149,741	14.97	32.77	31.85	20.41	2004[2]
Comoros	Africa	758,316	5.37	141,171	4.91	22.92	28.71	43.46	2012[2]
Bahamas	Caribbean	389,410	3.4	114,679	17.73	40.33	29.15	12.79	2010[2]
Maldives	Africa	383,135	5.4	70,952	4.49	22.28	33.5	39.73	2017[2]
Aruba	Caribbean	112,269	2.89	38,855	21.37	46.77	25.59	6.28	2010[2]
Isle of Man	Europe	83,314	2.28	36,478	30.07	51.53	16.84	1.56	2016[2]
Samoa	Australasia	202,506	6.75	29,995	4.18	14.88	21.89	59.05	2016[2]
Bermuda	Caribbean	64,054	2.26	28,314	34.09	48.39	15.81	1.70	2016[2]
Liechtenstein	Europe	38,749	2.32	16,700	34.17	44.75	19.5	1.58	2010[2]
Sweden	Europe	10,379,295	2.17	4,776,239	40.32	38.32	14.86	?	2020[3]